Feb 3, 2007

Pathologic: the Demo

Pathologic is a game with a pretty interesting official site. Then again, it also is a breathtakingly unique game developed in Russia and one best described in this Eurogamer review. As for me and Pathologic, well, I've been playing it for quite some time now and the only thing I can compare it to is Fahrenheit (Indigo Prophecy in the US). Thus, I'm in awe. Quite confused too. Think I might try writing a review or a something on it someday.

You, on the other hand, should better try its hefty demo. Get the roughly 650MB file here.

Wow! You dropped Brecht into a comment!! Respect! Double wow! You compared his theatre to his poetry!! Jeez Gnome your deep!First I squeeze Beckett into a review of Death Crimson OX, then you manage to trump me with giving Brecht references! We're wasted on gaming Gnome I tells yer...

Ahh, the doors... You know we did have a concert of the doors (as they are now though... with a rather dead Morisson, without Densmore and with a now-turned-rockabilly Manzarek) that ended up in lovely retro-like riots. Heh.

Oh, and we're defintetely not wasting our selves in games dear friend... They can be -i really believe it- as interesting and enjoyable as every other piece of art. Thet can even be dada...

I love Pathologic... Despite the mangled translation, it has the deepest and best story of any game I've played. And you can play it three times (with the three characters), getting more of the story each time. Fantastic...

FYI, the developer, Ice-Pick Lodge, is working on another game that will hopefully be a weird, atmospheric classic. It's called 'Tension' - You can check out videos and screenshots at the official (Russian) site:http://www.tension-game.com/files.html

The trailer (bottom of the page, on the left) is a HIGHLY recommended download for Pathologic fans. You'll probably need the help of babelfish to read anything else about the game, though.